[minderasure]

Having lived in Medellin for a few months and currently living in SF I feel like this is a gross exaggeration. While SF certainly has more pronounced problems with homelessness and drugs, Medellin has vastly more violent crime. There are many neighborhoods Medellin I wouldn't dare be in past midnight.

[travisjungroth]

There are definitely parts of Medellín worse than the worst parts of SF. There are also commercial zones in Medellín that are nicer than any commercial zone in SF, and I live near one of them.

Also if you’re in a good neighborhood and not involved in the drug trade, the occurrence of violent crime is very low.